diff --git a/sys-fs/mdevd/Manifest b/sys-fs/mdevd/Manifest
index ed49b98d81..674d6f6094 100644
--- a/sys-fs/mdevd/Manifest
+++ b/sys-fs/mdevd/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DIST mdevd-0.1.7.0.tar.gz 37377 BLAKE2B b2ecaa10e676ee76b7ae60fe4a1fddf1c3687b5910171663e2f82327ac4e4034c887847fc31ca5578976ebe727aecde8432afd14c6b96178509f5c142b212cf0 SHA512 b50750afbba81c5168348acc2b38ba28abe0ac19bf4ea49c04f68eec1269a079642bccbed0acb1ef5da4848aea20c5f71c2711945eb2218ab79d570ffecdce57
 DIST mdevd-0.1.8.0.tar.gz 38079 BLAKE2B 38dedb81f8d9691da64f25c1de358771ce9f851da881c9920e11e7ae2c553fff56077469a8887f07c40afd2e4e526922b4f28af4aef36f1ac4b6e17599cf2258 SHA512 f70a8baaa832e3ad379f01b81d3511f169460a6034bc40f278c91419ce2453da3fec3ea91e5b6cf00adecc068bf3e408b61decedb70b500d7809a8cd827a0811
+DIST mdevd-0.1.8.1.tar.gz 38115 BLAKE2B 4a5e8c65f5ea409bfb2766bc2dc1cd3caed7f197affd8be93420caf52585d09212869fa34fab6b3f0493feab7a6213ac9385d936b8b161a0f1f3a608a3161a8c SHA512 8ae414f90dc74c4cbe194c3ff4cf4b5d57875cfc1006d4348d2dcd33e7310a7760cbfdc6b4020f7d3ff81ad2c1b1904334ae1fd2559affec9ca0c3127d770ea2
diff --git a/sys-fs/mdevd/mdevd-0.1.7.0.ebuild b/sys-fs/mdevd/mdevd-0.1.8.1.ebuild
similarity index 90%
rename from sys-fs/mdevd/mdevd-0.1.7.0.ebuild
rename to sys-fs/mdevd/mdevd-0.1.8.1.ebuild
index 8380bfb453..ca1fee51c8 100644
--- a/sys-fs/mdevd/mdevd-0.1.7.0.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/mdevd/mdevd-0.1.8.1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2024-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 2024-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LICENSE="ISC"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~arm64"
 
-RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/skalibs-2.14.4.0:="
+RDEPEND=">=dev-libs/skalibs-2.14.5.0:="
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 DOCS=( AUTHORS NEWS README doc/ examples )